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Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010

Filed:

May. 26, 2004
Applicants:

Akihiro Yanaka, Toyota, JP;

Masayoshi Hoshino, Toyota, JP;

Hirotada Otake, Susono, JP;

Tomokiyo Suzuki, Toyota, JP;

Inventors:

Akihiro Yanaka, Toyota, JP;

Masayoshi Hoshino, Toyota, JP;

Hirotada Otake, Susono, JP;

Tomokiyo Suzuki, Toyota, JP;

Assignee:

Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 17/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An automotive vehicle having a pre-selected function, and including a controller which controls an object and includes a plurality of redundant elements which are redundant with each other, and a function restraining portion which partially or fully restrains the function of the vehicle, when a pre-selected failure which has occurred to one of the redundant elements has not solved before another of the redundant elements has operated for more than a pre-set time since the occurrence of the failure.


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